UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF……
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. continue B. physics C. spilt D. like
2. A. teacher B. beat C. breakfast D. eating
3. A. passenger B. several C. begin D. repair
4. A. meeting B. weekly C. engineer D. free
5. A. realize B. pea C. cheese D. asleep
II. Choose a word in each line that has different street pattern.
1. A alternative B. announce C. absolute D. arrive
2. A. brigade B. harrow C. normal D. peasant
3. A. typical B. continue C. tobacco` D. appointment
4. A. interesting B. satisfy C. afternoon D. conclusion
5. A. repeat B. frequency C. occasionally D. immediately
III. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
1. I was late for school this morning because my alarm clock didn’t……………
a. go on b. go off c. go away d. go up
2. Another word for fasten is_____.
a. frighten b. loosen c. lengthen d. tighten
3. I was born and grew up on the _____of the Red River.
a. shops b. restaurants c. offices d. banks
4. Mr. Lam goes to work on foot once a week. It means he___ walks to work.
a. never b. sometimes c. often d. usually
5. My aunt is _____teacher.
a. history b. historic c. historical d. historian
6. “___ do you get to school?” – “By bike”.
a. What b. How c. How often d. How far
7. When I was a child, I usually ______fishing with my brother.
a. go b. went c. gone d. use to go
8. We ____dinner at home on Saturdays.
a. haven’t had b. didn’t had c. aren’t have d. don’t have
9. Are you contented ____your present job, Mrs. Tuyet?

2. shall/ forget/ dreadful/ life/ my/ I / never/ day/ in/ that.
a. I shall never forget that dreadful day in my life.
b. I never shall forget that day dreadful in my life.
c. In my life I shall never forget that dreadful day.
d. That dreadful day in my life shall I never forget.
3. got up/ 6 o’clock/ woke up/I / early/ and/ at.
a. I woke up at 6 o’clock early and got up.
b. I got up at 6 o’clock and woke up early.
c. I got up and woke up early at 6 o’clock.
d. I woke up early and got up at 6 o’clock.
4. often/ do/ afternoon/ what/ you/ do/ Saturday/ every/ ?
a. What often do you do every Saturday afternoon?
b. What do you often do every Saturday afternoon?
c. What do you do often every Saturday afternoon?
d. What do you often do every afternoon Saturday?
5. witnessed/ accident/ home/ I / an/ on/ way/ the.
a. Yesterday an accident I witnessed on the way home.
b. Yesterday on an way home I witnessed the accident.
c. Yesterday I witnessed an accident on the way home.
d. Yesterday I on the way home witnessed an accident.
V. Choose one sentence that has nearest meaning to the root one.
1. It takes Mr. Vy 15 minutes to get to the field.
a. Mr. Vy leaves the house at a quarter to live and arrives in the field at 5.30.
b. Mr. Vy spends fifteen minutes getting to the field.
c. Fifteen minutes is long enough for Mr. Vy to get to the field.
d. Mr. Vy wastes 15 minutes on the way to the field.
2. Although they have little money, they are happy.
a. They have little money so they are happy.
b. They don’t have much money and they aren’t happy.
c. They are happy in spite of not having much money.

III. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistakes (a, b, c, or d)
1. I enjoy to talk with my classmates about their future plans.
a b c d
2. My daughter has been absent from school for three days because her illness.
a b c d
3. Why don’t let him ride his bicycle to school?
a b c d
4. Tom, you didn’t remember closing the windows when you left the classroom yesterday.
a b c d
5. Mr. Ha is very worried about his son’s traveling because there’s so many traffic on the way to school.
a b c d
IV. Choose one correct option for the blank in each sentence.
1. My brother’s new hobby is___ foreign coins.
a. collection b. collecting c. collected d. to collect
2. The children agreed ___ the candy equally.
a. divide b. to divide c. dividing d. to dividing
3. Do you know ____ the red hat is?
a. what b. who c. whom d. whose
4. Bod____ eating a whole bag of chocolate chip cookies before lunch.
a. denied b. refused c. objected c. disapproved
5. Is it ____ spending a lot of money on the goods?
a. expensive b. necessary c. worth d. valuable
6. Mai is interested ____ taking an art course.
a. in b. on c. of d. with
7. The internet is an important ___ of communication in modern world.
a. mean b. means c. meaning d. meaningful
8. It’s kind of you ____ me with my homework.
a. help b. to help c. helping d. to helping
9. You’d better_____ in this weather or you may have a cold.
a. don’t go out b. didn’t go out c. not went out d. not go out

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UNIT 3: PEOPLE'S BACKGROUND
l. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1 A. ambitious B. background C. tragic D. humane
2. A. extreme B. telephone C. depend D. went
3. A. happen B. many C. example D. family
4. A. elephant B. enable C. better D. pretty
5. A. eleven B. said C. anyone D. camera
II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
6. A. November B. diploma C. interrupt D. romantic
7. A. educate B. chemistry C. mature D. obtain
8. A. mathematics B. university C. difficult D. calculate
9. A. private B. atomic C. receive D. professor
10. A. intelligent B. secondary C. appearance D. development
III. Insert the word given into the most appropriate place A, B, C or D of the following sentences.
11. Insert "had ' into the following sentence.
Mr Nam (A) told us (B) yesterday that (C) he (D) visited London in 2004.
12. Insert "after" into the fo/1owing sentence.
(A) Mai watched TV (B) she had done (C) her homework (D).
13. Insert "left" into the following sentence.
All the other students (A) had (B) by the time (C) we (D) arrived.
14. Insert “moved" into the following sentence.
Marie Curie had lived (A) in Poland for sixteen (B) before she (C) to (D) France.
15. Insert “for" into the following sentence.
When I met (A) her again, I hadn't seen (B) her (C) five years (D).
IV. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
16. When I was young. I received some_______ training from my father.
A. science B. scientific C scientist D. scientifically
17. We must send _____ aid to the refugees.
A. human B. humanism C humane D. humanitarian

c. How many years have you lived there? d. How long do you live there?
V. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.
Marie Curie, the Polish-born chemist, was a courageous and determined woman. She was born on
November 7th. 1867. She left her home for Paris to pursue her interest in science. Living in poverty, she
still managed to graduate at the top of the class. She met Pierre Curie shortly after graduation and married
him a year later.
Together, Pierre and Mane formed the most famous husband and wife partnership in science history. They
discovered the radioactive elements, Polonium and Radium. They were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in
1903.
31. The word "determined" in line 1 means most nearly___
A. resolute B. found out C. brave D. honest
32. What did Marie Curie go to France for?
A. To find a job B. To earn her living C. To study D. To take up a new hobby
33. How was Marie Curie when she first lived in Paris?
A. bored B. poor C. rich D. lively
34. How old was Marie Curie when she won the first Nobel Prize?
A. 30 years old B. 36 years old C. 44 years old D. 67 years old
35. Polonium is a____.
A. country B. science history C. prize D. radioactive elements
VI. Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.
36. By the time the boss returned_______.
A. she would type all the letters B. all the letters was typed
C. she had typed all the letters D. all the letters will have been typed
37. It was the most beautiful beach that___________
A. we had ever visited
B. we has ever visited
C. we should ever visit
D. we will ever have visited
38__________ Lan had turned off the light.
A. After she had gone to bed B. Before she went to bed

17. We should raise money to help the poverty in our city.
A B C D
18. My aunt used to doing voluntary work in the local orphanage.
A B C D
19. The young is not fully aware of the importance of learning English.
A B C D
20. If you have any question during the examination, please rise your hand.
A B C D
V. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
21. He rushed into the burning building.__________ was very brave.
A. it B. who C. that D. which
22. My father didn't_____ coffee for breakfast.
A. used to have B. use to have C. use to having D. used be having
23. The government should have special policies to help the_______.
A. disable B. disabled C. disability D. disablement
24. The unemployed ______ in a strike to ask for employment.
A. are gathering B. has gathered C. gathers D. was gathering
25. I______ up late al night.
A. use to stay B. am used to stay C. used to staying D. am used to staying
26. The blind child _____ a great effort to learn "Braille".
A. did B. got C. made D. created
27. There was a lot of ___________ from the local residents.
A. oppose B opposite C. opponent D. opposition
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28. I'd like to introduce you to Mrs. Thuy,_____ is the teacher of this special class.
A. that B. which C who D. whom
29. The children will learn how______ sums.
A. to do B. doing C. do D. will do
30. Mrs. Thuy's class is very different________ other ones.
A. than B. from C. with D. as

UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
l. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. put B. full C. sugar D. fun
2. A. blood B. tooth C. fond D. choose
3. A. fruit B. through C. good D. June
4. A. woman B. duty C. fool D. pudding
5. A. afternoon B. boot C. book D. pool
II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
6. A. hardware B. appear C. office D. manage
7. A. computer B. magical C. entertain D. calculate
8. A. appropriate B. miraculous C. communicate D. accuracy
9. A. device B. personal C. beautifully D. television
10. A. prepare B. display C. document D. interest
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III. Read each of the following lists or four words and choose one word in each list that does not belong to
the group.
11. A. keyboard B. computer screen C. speaker D. CPU
12. A. cam-recorder B. television C. calculator D. communicator
13. A. bicycle B. motorcycle C. automobile D. airplane
14. A. fax machine B. cooker C. printer D. photocopier
15. A. typewriter B. author C engineer D. scientist
IV. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistake.
16. My brother has driven his car to work every day when he bought it.
A B C D
17. The air conditioner who is in the silting room is out of order.
A B C D
18. Vietnam's first man-made satellite has just sent up into space.
A B C D
19. I didn't use the computer since last week so I don't know what's wrong with it.
A B C D

B: (34) ________________
33. A: Not at all B. Yes, let’s C. Yes, I would D. Yes, I love one
34. A. Dial 113 B. Dial 114 C. Dial 115 D. Dial 116
VI. Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question.
When robots are widely used m the home, they will probably be used to do the cleaning, table-laying,
scrubbing and washing-up, but it is considered unlikely that they will be used to do the cooking - at least,
not in the near future. In factories, mobile robots ale already used lo carry out a large number of the
distribution and assembly tasks while human beings carry out research and produce plans for new
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products. Among the numerous jobs on the farm, robots will drive tractors, keeping their eyes on the
ground in front of guide the tractor along a straight line. The majority of the robots used at present do not
look like human beings at all because their design is chiefly functional.
35. According to the passage. When used at home, robots will probably do all of the following
EXCEPT____.
A. laying the table B. washing the dishes C. washing the clothes D. scrubbing
36. In factories what are robots used to do?
A. carry out assembly tasks B. carry out research C. produce plans D. both B and C
37. The word "their" in paragraph 2 refers to_______.
A. tractors' B. robots' C. people's D. farms'
38. Why don't robots at present look like human beings?
A. Because they are widely used al home.
B. Because they are mainly used in factories.
C. Because they are only used to guide tractors.
D. Because they are mainly produced according to their function.
39. Which of the following statements is NOT true about robots?
A. They will be used lo do the cleaning.
B. In the near future they will be used to cook.
C. They are already used to carry out the distribution tasks.
D. They will be used to drive the tractor.
VIII. Choose A, B, C, or D which shows the best way or making a sentence from the words provided.

8. A. understand B. altitude C. interesting D. photograph
9. A. occasional B. geography C. information D. participant
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10. A. persuade B. request C. progressive D. fortunate
III. Choose one option that has the opposite meaning to the word given.
11. below: A. beneath B. above C. among D. inside
12. fortunate: A. unlucky B. unsuccessful C. impossible D. impatient
13. busy: A. poor B. free C. fresh D. glorious
14. refuse: A. permit B. allow C. request D. accept
15. give up: A. quit B. cancel C. continue D. increase
IV. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistake .
16. We will going to spend our summer holiday in Da Lat next month.
A B C D
17. We have a small party in one of our teacher's houses tomorrow evening.
A B C D
18. Only today we have learnt that the caves are closed until after Tet.
A B C D
19. I’m going to have a four- days trip in Ho Chi Minh City.
A B C D
20. Our teacher isn't seeming very happy at the moment.
A B C D
V. Choose the best answer to complete each or the following sentences.
21. Tom and I_____ to Mary's birthday party together.
A. am going B. are going C. will going D. are going to go
22. You’ve heard she isn't coming to the meeting, ____?
A. is she B. haven't you C. aren't you D. hasn't she
23. I'll try to__________ her to go with us
A. persuade B. suggest C. propose D. offer
24. This semester in geography we have studied rock__________.
A. information B. formal C. informal D. formations

37. A. able B. capable C. possible D. desirable
38. A. core B. middle C. behind D. among
39. A. much B. too C. enough D. few
40. A. many B. number C. great deal D. plenty
41. A. give B. point C. shoot D. get
Unit 7: THE MASS MEDIA
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A height B. life C. eight D. sky
2. A says B. plays C. stays D. bays
3. A. enjoy B. boy C. going D. voice
4. A. mail B. fair C. nature D. radio
5. A. climb B. popularize C. wild D. magazine
II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
6. A. adventure B. advantage C. advertise D. adviser
7. A. recommend B. comedy C. punishment D. national
8. A. interfere B. responsible C. education D. documentary
9. A. forecast B. programme C. media D. cartoon
10 A. channel B. intend C. presenting D. deliver
III. Choose the word having the same meaning as the underlined part.
11. It rained very heavily last night
A. hard B. deeply C. little D. hardly
12. Because of her illness, my daughter couldn’t go lo school.
A. stomachache B. backache C. sadness D. sickness
13. We receive information from radio through ears.
A. orally B. visually C. aurally D. usually
14. Television increases the popularity of sports and games.
A. lower B. raise C. arouse D. balance
15 There is a good film on TV tonight.
A. play B. comedy C. drama D. movie
IV. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistake.

30. I ___ to him three limes since he ______ to live here.
A. talked-came B. have talked-come C. talked-has come D. have talked-has come
VI. Choose one sentence that has the deferent meaning to the root one.
31. In spite of her good salar y, Mr. Green decided to leave the job
A. Although Mr. Green had a good salary. He decided to leave the job.
B. Mr. Green decided to leave the job despite having a good salary.
C. In spite of the fact that Mr. Green had a good salary. He decided to leave the job.
D. Mr. Green decided to leave the job owing to his good salary.
32. I haven’t watched a good film for a long time.
A. I watched a good film at the early age.
B. It's ages since I last watched a good film.
C. I last watched a good film a long time ago.
D. The last time I watched a good film was a long lime ago.
33. I didn’t buy the colour TV because it was expensive.
A. The colour TV was expensive, so I didn't buy it.
B. I didn't buy the colour TV because of its price.
C. The colour TV was expensive. However, I bought it.
D. The reason I didn't buy the colour TV was that it was expensive.
34. I want to know when you started working as a television presenter.
A. When did you begin working was a television presenter?
B. When did you start working for a television presenter?
C. How long is it since you started working as a television presenter?
D. How long have you worked as a television presenter?
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. cow B. grow C. narrow D. follow
2. A. about B. soul C. ground D. mountain
3. A. close B. sold C. hope D. crop
4. A. road B. boat C. broad D. coat
5. A. crowd B. town C. how D. show

23. Despite the poverty, they ______ to send their children lo college.
A. succeeded B. obtained C. managed D. completed
24 I hope they can find a way of - their lives.
A. welling B. bettering C. gooding D. besting
25. The roads will be flooded ____ we resurface and raise them.
A. if B. unless C. when D. so
26. My brother told me that they had worked in the field all day___.
A. yesterday B. the next day C. two days ago D. the previous day
27. If Tom is late again, he _____his job.
A. loses B. lost C. will lose D. would lose
28. ln the past there - many big trees in our village.
A. used to be B. used to being C. are D. have been
29. We will go skiing if it ____ this winter.
A. snows B. snowed C. will snow D. is snowing
30. They tried to find a way of bettering their lives.
A. moving B. changing C. achieving D. improving
31. Last year we had a bumper crop of strawberries.
A. large crop B. poor crop C. early crop D. record crop
32. I’ll speak to her as soon as she comes out of the meeting.
A. goes to B. appears C. leaves D. attends
VI. Choose one sentence that best rewrites the root one.
33. Direct speech: "I m coming back to my home town tomorrow," Mai said.
Indirect speech: A. Mai said that I am coming back to my home town tomorrow.
B. Mai said that she is coming back to her home town the next day.
C. Mai said that she was coming back to her home town tomorrow.
D. Mai said that she was coming back to her home town the following day.
34. Go to bed immediately or you can’t get up early tomorrow.
A. If you don’t go to bed immediately, you can’t get up early tomorrow.
B. If you go to bed immediately, you can’t get up early tomorrow.
C. If you didn’t go to bed immediately, you couldn’t get up early tomorrow.